Happy Holidays from Ergo!
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December 20, 2013 No Comments
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Chucking Daisies
Chucking Daisies: Ten Rules for Taking Control of Your Organization’s Digital Debris (published by ARMA International in hard copy and PDF download) is a useful, inexpensive resource for educating IT, legal, risk and other professionals and line of business managers about fundamental R/IM principles and the imperative for any organization to effectively manage its ever-increasing volume of digital information. In just over 50 pages, the
August 28, 2013 No Comments
certification
RIM Professional Development White Paper from Ergo
The Fall 2013 supplement to Carswell’s Records and Information Management is a comprehensive guide to RIM professional development in Canada, authored by Sheila Taylor. For those who don’t subscribe to this publication, the chapter has been republished as a white paper and posted on the Ergo website in our new “Published Articles” section. The white paper is
August 27, 2013 No Comments
ARMA
An update on my IGP certification experience
I passed! I’m an IGP for the next 3 years. A list of the 56 inaugural IGPs is available here. Not sure yet what the recertification requirements will be since ARMA International is still finalizing them but see that the ‘My Certification’ tab in my online ARMA profile now shows a requirement for 25 hours with a CE cycle end date of December 31, 2013.
August 26, 2013 2 Comments
ARMA
The Information Governance Professional (IGP) Certification: My Experience . . . so far
As a consultant and educator, I’m often asked about information management certifications so I’ve been watching the development of the Information Governance Professional (IGP) certification by ARMA International (ARMA) with interest. According to ARMA, a certified Information Governance Professional “creates and oversees programs to govern the information assets of the enterprise. The IGP partners with the business to facilitate
July 31, 2013 No Comments
communication
Metadata . . . Its Not Just for Records
Information management practitioners are familiar with metadata (or data about data) in the context of records. It is one of many tools that can be used to identify and categorize information, thus making it easier and faster to find in the future. Records metadata is a useful tool which doesn’t get a lot of attention. But metadata
July 26, 2013 No Comments
communication
RIM shot — Finding the Humour in What We Do
(Please note: Some cartoons originally posted in this article caused some technical difficulties, so they have been temporarily removed and replaced with links. Hopefully we will be able to restore the original images soon.) I’m always on the look out for humourous cartoons to use in training materials and the Dilbert comic strip by Scott
July 19, 2013 No Comments
change management
From Custodian to Chief — The Rise of the Chief Data Officer
Does your company have a Chief Data Officer (CDO) yet? In a December 2012 report, Gartner group reported on the trend towards this new C-level leader in large organizations responsible for dealing with the threats and opportunities created by increasing information complexity and incoherence. Gartner predicts that by as early as 2017, 20% of large enterprises
July 11, 2013 No Comments
e-discovery
Information Governance and e-Discovery — September 19, 2013 — Toronto
AIIM First Canadian Chapter will be hosting a multi-disciplinary panel consisting of myself, Susan Nickle and Chuck Rothman, providing a records management, legal, and technological perspective on the following topics: Canadian requirements for the admissibility of electronic evidence e-Discovery primer and best practices: what records management and IT professionals need to know Information governance best practices to
July 10, 2013 No Comments
iSchool Institute RM Certificate Courses — Fall Dates — Toronto
This fall I will once again be teaching courses in the University of Toronto iSchool Institute’s two certificate programs in Records Management. I will be teaching two of the five courses in the Records Management Fundamentals certificate, and two of the five courses in the Records Management Practice Certificate. Each course is one day, and
July 9, 2013 No Comments
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Sheila Taylor is a well known consultant, educator, speaker and writer with more than 25 years of experience in the information management (IM) field.
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